puja
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of puja
From the Sanskrit word pūjā
Example Sentences
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It’s about a beautiful sari or a salwar kameez, some light outfit for a puja, because you have to sit for a long time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
Close by, another puja creates a tableau of the bereaved family, the mother sitting on the bed, the father at a sewing machine, their daughter’s picture in doctor’s scrubs on the wall.
From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024
She begrudgingly attends an at-home religious puja before leaving in a hurry.
From Salon • Sep. 28, 2023
But she nonetheless still enjoys Diwali here, looking forward to the sweets — gulab jamun, rasmalai and different types of barfi are among her favorites — and the puja ceremonies.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2022
To stay in Sagarmatha’s good graces, for instance, no team was permitted to enter the Icefall for the first time without first undertaking an elaborate puja, or religious ceremony.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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